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Some Free Advice: "Get Yourself a Great Effing Criminal Defense Attorney" -- They're gonna Need it [1]
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Date: 2022-12-19
Yeah -- No! ... They're talking about a different kind of Conspiracy.
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Those wheels are churning … and guess who else got swept up in the 1/6 Criminal Referrals?
Former Chapman University professor John Eastman is among the individuals whom the Jan. 6 committee has recommended face federal criminal charges for their roles in the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The committee recommended that Eastman and former President Trump should face federal criminal charges for obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the United States . It recommended prosecuting “Trump and others” on two additional charges: conspiracy to make a false statement and inciting, assisting, or aiding or comforting an insurrection. [...] www.latimes.com — 12/19/2022
I heard somewhere that Obstruction charge, carries with it, up to 20 years penalty. Conspiracy to Defraud the U.S. has some weighty penalties too. So this is about as serious as it gets (for Congress) ...
[...] Eastman’s referral was for his alleged violation of the statute that makes it a criminal offense to impede an official proceeding of the United States government, and secondly, the law that prohibits conspiring to defraud the United States. Eastman is the author of a memo that outlined several scenarios under which then-Vice President Mike Pence could refuse to certify the presidential electoral count on Jan. 6, and effectively prevent Biden from being formally declared the winner of the presidential election. “The evidence shows that Eastman knew in advance of the 2020 election that Vice President Pence could not refuse to count electoral votes on January 6th,” the committee wrote in an executive report issued Monday. [...] www.cnbc.com — 12/19/2022
Uh oh.
Regarding that “Free legal advice” echoed in the title of this post:
It was federal Judge David Carter in that case, where there was a ruling that Eastman had to turn over materials to the January 6 committee. Carter cited two possible criminal statutes that Eastman may have violated - obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the United States. We heard after January 6, Herschmann shut down Eastman as he was still trying to challenge the election, and he told Eastman he should get a good criminal attorney . The committee also revealed an email that Eastman sent to Rudy Giuliani asking for a presidential pardon. He did not get one. www.npr.org/… 6-17-2022
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For more on the role of John Eastman in this illegal conspiracy to overturn a free and fair election — check out that LA Times link, they have a pretty good synopsis of it.
Hope the DOJ is listening.
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Hmmm … wonder exactly who are those “Trump and others” includes ?
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PS. You can hear Eastman inciting an insurrection in his own words, here:
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